safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of ino-4800 for covid19 in healthy volunteers

Conditions: Coronavirus Infection

Summary: this is an open label, phase 1 clinical trial of an intra-dermal booster dose of ino-4800 alone or in combination with ino-9112 followed by electroporation (ep) among healthy adults at least 18 years of age, who previously completed their primary immunization series with mrna vaccines against sars-cov-2 within 6-12 months prior to the booster dose.


Eligibility criteria:
inclusion criteria: * healthy men and non-pregnant women at least 18 years of age; * able and willing to comply with all study procedures; * screening laboratory results within normal limits or deemed not clinically significant by the investigator; * received full primary series doses of an approved or authorized mrna vaccine at least 6 months but no more than 12 months prior to ino-4800 booster dose. * must meet one of the following criteria with respect to reproductive capacity: * women who are post-menopausal as defined by reported spontaneous amenorrhea for ≥ 12 months; * surgically sterile (i.e., vasectomy in males or tubal ligation, absence of ovaries and/or uterus in females). in the case of vasectomy, participants should wait six (6) months post-vasectomy prior to enrollment; * use of medically effective contraception with a failure rate of \< 1% per year when used consistently and correctly from screening until day 28 post booster dose. exclusion criteria: * acute febrile illness with temperature \>100.4°f (38.0°c) or acute onset of upper or lower respiratory tract symptoms (e.g., cough, shortness of breath, sore throat) within the prior 72 hours; * positive sars-cov-2 pcr test, if results are available prior to dosing; * pregnant or breastfeeding, or intending to become pregnant or intending to father children within the projected duration of the study starting from the screening visit until day 28 post booster dose; * positive pregnancy test during screening or immediately prior to booster dose; * positive hiv rapid test, hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag) or hepatitis c antibody at screening; * is currently participating or has participated in a study with an ip within 30 days preceding day 0 (documented receipt of placebo in a previous study would be permissible for study eligibility); * currently participating in another study with an investigational product during the conduct of this study; * previous or planned receipt of any covid-19 booster vaccine during the trial period * medical conditions as follows: * respiratory diseases * history of hypersensitivity or severe allergic reaction * uncontrolled hypertension * uncontrolled diabetes mellitus * malignancy within the past 2 years, with the exception of superficial skin * history of cardiovascular disease * history of myocarditis or pericarditis * history of seizures within the past 2 years * underlying immunosuppressive illness * lack of acceptable sites for id injection and ep * blood donation or transfusion within 1 month prior to day 0; * reported alcohol or substance abuse/dependence or illicit drug use within the past year; * any non-study vaccine (e.g., influenza vaccine) within 2 weeks prior to the dose of ip.

Keywords: dna vaccine coronavirus infection sars-cov-2 covid19